# Watt — The Conquest of Bread character guide

> Watt in The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-the-conquest-of-bread

## Who they are

An inventor whose steam engine revolutionized industry.

## Relationships

### [Stephenson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/characters/stephenson)

_professional_

Stephenson and Watt were pioneering engineers in the Industrial Revolution, with Watt's steam engine enabling Stephenson's railways.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as having found skilled workmen at Soho to perfect the steam engine, embodying the collective nature of invention.

### [Agriculture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/xvii-agriculture)

Mentioned as a great inventor who would have burned his designs if he foresaw the misery his work would bring to workers.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conquest_of_bread_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned as a great inventor who, if he had foreseen the misery his work would cause workers, would have destroyed his designs.

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